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WILLIAM S. REEDER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

BALlNG-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 379,414. dated March13, 1888.

Application filed February 16, 1887. Serial No. 227.825. (No model) Toall whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, WILLIAM S. REEDER, of the city of St. Louis, in theState of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBaling-Presses, of which,the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification, and in which Figure I is an end view of myimproved press with one of the doors of the balingchamber partly open.Fig. II is a side elevation of the upper part of the press and avertical section of the lower part, taken. on line II II, Fig. IV. Fig.III is a horizontal transverse section taken on line III III, Fig. II.Fig. IV is a horizontal transverse section Figs. V and VIII are verticallongitudinal sections taken on line V VIII, Fig IV, Fig. Vshowinga balein the upper portion of the chamber and showing the doors closed and thetraverser in its lower position, and Fig. VIII showing the traverser inits lower position in full lines and its upper position in dotted lines,and showing the hinged door of the press that forms a chute in its openposition. Fig. VI is an en larged perspective view of one of the pivotedlevers of the retaining pawls or weights. Fig. VII is an enlarged detailsection of the eccentric mechanism of one side of the press for movingthe sliding boxes of that side of the press which carries the shaft ofthe frictionrolls. This section is taken on line VII VII, Fig. II. Fig.IX is a side view of a modification of the driving mechanism.

My invention relates to improvements in presses intended moreparticularly for use in baling cotton, but which may also be used forbaling' wool, hay,.and other material, and in which two or more chargersmay be made to form a bale. The primary object is to avoid the manuallabor of packing the material into the press by means of tramping-amethod heretofore practiced-and also to accomplish the work within theshortest possible time consistent with the power required to form asnfficiently heavy bale.

My invention consists in features of novelty, hereinafter fullydescribed, and pointed ontin the claims.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the frame of the press, uponwhich rests an upright baling-chamber, 2. 3 represents a traverser,which is moved vertically in the chamber 2 by a screw, 4:, to which itis connected at 5, and upon which fits a cog-wheel, 6, meshing into apinion, 7, on the inner end of a counter-shaft, 8, journaled in boxes 9,secured tothe framel. (SeeFigs. IV,V, andVIII.) On the shaft 8 is adisk, 10, rigidly secured there to, and which is grooved outcircumferentially on its inner face at 11. Within the groove 11 fitrollers l2one on each side of the frame-secured to the inner ends ofmain-driving shafts 13 and 14, journaled in fixed boxes 15 at one endand sliding boxes 16 at the other end, the boxes being secured to theframe 1, and the sliding boxes being at the ends of the shafts next thedisk 10. These boxes are held in guides 17 to permit them to be movedback and forth to bring the rollers 12, respectively, against the outeror inner faces of the grooves 11, in which they fit. If the traverser isto be raised, the rollers would be moved against the outer face of thegroove, and if the traverser is to be lowered they would be movedagainst the inner face of the groove, or vice versa, and if thetraverser is to be stopped the wheels would be moved to a position wherethey would not touch either face. It will be seen that one of theserollers alone would accomplish the throw of the travcrser; but I preferto use two and to place a small pulley, 18, on one of the shafts and alarge pulley, 19, on the other shaft, the former to be used to cause thedownward and the first part of the upward movement of the traverser whenspeed is desired, and the latter to be used at the last part of theupward movement of the traverser whenpower is required to complete thepressing. I am thus enabled to obtain both speed and power when each isrequired, that unite in forming a quick and powerful press.

The boxes are moved, as above stated, by means of eccentrics 20 (seeFigs. IV and VII) on shafts 21. (See Figs. Iand II.) The eccentrics areconnected by links 22 to their respective boxes 16, so that it will beseen that as the shafts are turned the boxes will be moved back andforth, and consequently the rollers 12. The shafts 21 preferably extendI that of moving the rollers 12.

up above the floor 23 of the building, and are provided with levers 24,by which they are turned.

24" represents racks secured to the ends of the baling chamber, withwhich the levers 24 engage to hold the shafts, and through them and theeccentrics and link the boxes 16 and rollers 12,- to any desiredadjustment.

In Fig. IX isshown a modification of the rollers 12 and disk 10, thedifference between this and the other form being that in this case theparts are provided with cogs to insure a positive movement in caseswhere it is preferred.

25 represents two timbers or strips pivoted to the frame 1 by jointedbolts 26,- (see Figs. II and IV,) by which they are supported at oneend, and they are supported at the other end by rods 27, connected to abar, 28, and by a rod, 29, which is also connected to the bar 28, at itslower end and to a lever, 30, at its up per end. The lever is pivoted tothe tradingchamber at 31 and engages under a pin, 32, at its free end.(See Fig. l.) The traverser 3 rests on the timbers 25, with a suitableframework, 33, between them to form a space for the wheel 6, as shown.Now, it will be understood that when the ends of the timbers 25 areraised by the lever the traverser-wheel 6 and screw 4 will also beraised, and at such times the wheel 6 is disengaged from the pinion 7,as shown in Fig. VIII, the object being to provide a means for throwingthe wheel out of engagement with the pinion to stop the traverser at anydesired point, the means of stopping the traverser'being in addition toWhen the timbers 25 are raised to disengage the wheel 6 from the pinion,the lever 30 is made to engage under the pin 32, if desired, so that thewheel will be held out of engagement with the pinion without theoperator keeping hold of the lever. Then, when it is desired to engagethe wheel with the pinion again, the lever is allowed to descend, thewheel comingdown upon a base-plate, 34, upon which it rests when inworking position. The baseplate is supported by timbers 35 of the frame1.

The wheel 6 is preferably provided with an elongated neck, 36, throughwhich the screw 4 passes and which passes through the baseplate 34. (SeeFig. VIII.)

The door 37 of the baling-chamber of the press is hinged at 38, so thatit may be moved into the position shown in Fig. VIII to form a chutewhile the press is being filled, and the in the door 37 is brought backinto a vertical position and the traverser caused to make its upwardmovement. Each time a charge is thus pressed it is retained in the upperpart of the baling-chamber by suitable means formed upon the innersurface of the upper part of the baling-press. This means may consist ofoval ribs 40 or ofinclined ribs 41 or of notches or grooves 42, or bothcombined, as shown in Fig. VIII. When a charge has thus been pressed,the traverser is lowered again, the door 37 opened, another chargeinserted, and the traverser made to ascend, and so the operation iscontinued until a bale of sufficient size is produced. these successiveoperations of the traverser dispensing with the tramping heretoforenecessary to form a bale of sufficient size. The side 37 thus formsahinged or pivoted door.

As a means for operating the door 37 to open and close, I have shownaframe, 43, pivoted at 44 to a horizontal fixed frame, 45, by links 46.The frame 43 is connected by arms 47 to the door 37 at 48. Now, it willbe seen that when the frame 43 is raised into the position shown in Fig.VIII the door 37 will be open, and when the frame is lowered again intothe position shown in Figs. I and V the side will be closed, and whenthe side is closed it will be seen that the pivot-points 49 of the arms46 are beneath the pivot-points 44, so that no strain brought upon thedoor 37 when it is closed will cause the frame 43 to be elevated, andthus the door is rigidly held in its closed position, the frame 43resting, when down, upon the floor ofthe building in which the press islocated. When a bale has been completed, and before it is tied, it isprevented from expanding downward (when the traverser recedes) by meansof stops 50, pivoted at 56 to the sides of the baling-chamber andworking in slots of the chamber, and when in their inner positionentering the chamber, as shown in Fig. V, beneath the bale. Each timethe traverser reaches its upper position they are forced outward,thereby allowing the material to pass, and as soon as the traverserrecedes they are forced inward by means of weights 52, hinged at 53 tothe door of the chamber, the weights being connected to the stops bymeans of pins 54,fi tting in slots 55 of the levers. By pivoting thestops farther outward than shown at 56 in Fig. V as, for instance,pivoting them to the crosstimber 57 (shown in said figure)their upperends would drop into the baling-chamber each time by gravity; but anobjection to this would be that by moving on the arc of a circle thecenter of which is located so far from the inner wall of the chamberthey would, when they reached their inner position, be at so great aninclination as to materially detract from their strength, and also wouldleave more room for the expansionof the bale downward. These twoobjections are obviated by pivoting the stops at the point I have shownthem and providing the weights to insure their inward movement eachtimethe traverser recedes.

An enlarged view of the pivoted weights and bracket 58, by which theyare secured to the hinged frame and connecting links. said frame side ofthe press, is shown in Fig. VI. Each weight has preferably a slot, 59,made transversely to the slot 55 and extending inward thereto, in whichfits an extension, 60, of its stop, as shown in Fig. V. There are anumber of the stops 50 and weights 52,as shown in Figs. II and III, thestops working in slots 70 in the sides of the baling-chamber. The sides60 of the upper part of the baling chamber form doors, which are hingedat 61 to the frame 62 of the upper part of the press. Either one or bothof these doors may be opened, as shown in Fig. I, to tie and eject thebale. When a bale has been completed, it is tied by passing the tiesthrough notches 63 of a plate, 64:, de-

pending from the top timber, 65, of the frame 62, (see Fig. II,) and bypassing them through similar slots or openings, 66, in the upper face ofthe traverser.

The doors are made of slats, forming the spaces 70, in which the stops5O fit, and the slats are connected by timbers 67, and are held in theirclosed position by clamps 68, pivoted at 69 to end timbers, 71, andwhich engage over the cross-pieces67. (See Figs. I and II.) By simplyswinging these clevises or clamps around, as shown on the right-handside of Fig. I, the doors may be opened.

72 represents tie-rods connecting the lower frame, 1, to the upperframe, 62, thus tying the two parts of the frame together. The ends ofthe upper part of the baling-chamber have strips 75, which may beconnected to the frame 62, to prevent the upward movement of the 1 ends,by means of catches 76.

What I desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is-

1. A baling-press having a hinged door, as 37, forming one of its sides,and extensions 39, whereby when the door is opened a chute is formed forthe material, a frame pivoted to said door, and a link pivotallyconnecting said frame to a fixed object, all arranged and combinedsubstantially as set forth.

2. In an upright balingpress, the combina tion of the chamber,.traverser for baling the material in the upper part of the chamber,hinged door, and mechanism for operating the door and holding it closedagainst the pressure of the traverser, said mechanism consisting offrame 48, with arms 47, pivoted to said door, and lOGkinglinkS 46.substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a baling-press, the combination of a traverser, a finishing orcompressingchamber,

a receiving.-chamber having a hinged door, and levers for opening andclosing said door, which levers also hold said door locked when closedindependently of other devices, substantially as described.

4. In an upright baling-press. the combina tion of the chamber,traverser for baling the material in the upper portion of the chamber,hinged door, and mechanism for operating the door and holding it closedagainst the pressure of the traverser, consisting, essentially, of a andlinks firmly locking the doorin place when closed thereby, substantiallyas set forth.

5. In an upright baling-press, the combination of the chamber, traverserfor baling the material in the upper partof the chamber, pivotedtriangular stops 50, and pivoted weights 52, bearing against said stops,the two being swiveled together at their free ends, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

6. In an upright baling-press, the combination of the chamber, traverserfor baling the material in the upper part of the chamber, screw on theupper end of which a traverser is secured, cog-wheels 6, through whichthe screw passes, pinion 7, engaging the wheel, shaft 8, to which thepinion is secured, grooved wheel 10 on said shaft, friction-wheels 12 insaid groove, and shafts 13 14, carrying, respectively, a small pulley,18, and a large pulley, 19, either ofwhich is adapted to be operated atwill, whereby a differential speed and power can be obtained,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. In an upright baling-press, the combination of the chamber,traverser, screw on the upper end of which the traverser is secured,cog-wheel 6, through which the screw passes, pinion 7, engaging thewheel 6, verticallymovable frame on which the traverser rests, lever 30,and connection between said lever and frame, whereby the cog-wheel maybe thrown out of engagement with the pinion, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

8. A baling-press having a grooved roller, as 10, with rollers 12 12extending therein for actuating the pressing mechanism, in combinationwith sliding boxes, as l6 16, for the shafts carrying saidrollers,eccentrics and conmeeting-rods for said boxes, and shafts orrods extending from said eccentrics to an accessible point for operatingsaid boxes to throw one or the other roller in engagement with thegrooved roller, to actuate the mechanism in one or the other directionto increase or decrease the speed and power, or both rollers out ofengagement'therewith, as desired, substantially as described.

9. The combination, in a baling-press, of power-supplying mechanism,sliding boxes journaling the shafts thereof and adapted, when actuatedin one or the other direction,to change the action of the press,eccentrics and connecting-rods for said sliding boxes, rods extendingfrom said eccentrics above the floor for operating the same, and meansfor locking said parts in any required position, substantially asspecified.

10. A balingpress having a traverser actuated by a screw operated by awheel, as 6, a drivinggear, as 7, for the latter, and rods extendingfrom the support of said'whcel to an accessible point for raising saidtraverser and screw and disengaging said wheel from said driving-gear tostop the traverser at any desired point.

11. A baling-press having a traverser actutraverser maybe stopped byeither of the above mechanisms, substantially as described.

ated by a screw operated by a wheel, as 6, a driving-gear, as 7,engaging the same, rods for disengagingsaid wheel from saiddriving-gear, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set a grooved wheel,10, constituting part of said i my hand and seal, this 7th day ofFebruary,

5 driving mechanism, rollers 12 12, extending l 1887, in the presence oftwo subscribing witinto the groove therein for supplyingthe power,nesses. and means for moving said rollers to engage WVILLI AM S. REEDER.[L. s.] the grooved wheel,so as to actuate the machine Witnesses:

in either direction orto disengagesaid grooved G. N. HINOHMAN, J r., l0rollers and take off the power, whereby the L. F. KINGSLAND.

